Dad just emailed me a link from the the Otago Daily Times showing Mike Swann up against serious fraud charges (that's him in the background of the picture). While I'm not hugely surprised that Mike has ended up in trouble (rumours have abounded in Dunedin for years), Mike was one of the people who went way out of his way to teach me the ropes when I was first learning Unix and trying to bootstrap Earthlight into a viable company. I still have fond memories of him sitting in front of our Sun SPARC SLC, trying to teach me the basics of using IP subnets. In retrospect he had the patience of a saint. So, for what it's worth Mike, I wish you the best, and I hope some of that good karma comes back around.